
Our Father’s Day Contest has ended, and we’re pleased to announce our five winners as well as their responses to our question, "Name your favorite book that your dad read to you":
- Bill from Boxford, MA: "THREE BLIND MICE"
- Edward from Portland, OR: "O'REILLY OF NOTRE DAME by Francis Wallace"
- Lynn from Anderson, SC: "BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell"
- Norma from Lawrence, MA: "My Dad use to read me all kinds of books, but I especially liked when he read me CINDERELLA. It always gave me hope that no matter what my life was like, I could always believe that things could get better and work out in the end, if I only tried hard enough."
- Tiffany from Athens, AL: "ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY by Judith Viorst"
Thanks to all the readers who entered and told us their favorite book that their fathers read to them.
Below is a sampling from the thousands of additional entries we received:
- Angela from Williston Park, NY: “THE CAT IN THE HAT”
- Carol from Monroeville, PA: “GOODNIGHT MOON by Margaret Wise Brown”
- Debbie from Texarkana, TX: “THE WIZARD OF OZ”
- Donna from Macomb, MI: “GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS was among the many favorites.”
- Elise from Coupeville, WA: “HORTON HEARS A WHO! by Dr. Seuss”
- Elizabeth from Paducah, KY: "Dr. Seuss books"
- Gregory from Reading, PA: “IN GOD WE TRUST by Jean Shepherd”
- H.C. from Sweeny, TX: “THE LITTLE PRINCE”
- Jeff from New Milford, CT: “THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON”
- John from Augusta, GA: “KIDNAPPED by Robert Louis Stevenson”
- Judy from Shepherd, MI: “GO, DOG. GO!”
- Julie from Coronado, CA: “LITTLE BEAR”
- Katy from Pittsburgh, PA: “THE BERNSTIEN BEARS AND TOO MUCH BIRTHDAY”
- Kelly from Fairfax, VA: “THE VELVETEEN RABBIT”
- Kim from Westfield, MA: “My dad and I used to 'read' the dictionary together! It was better than you can imagine!”
- Kristi from Lubbock, TX: “JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH by Raul Dahl”
- Marion from Atlantic Beach, NY: “WINNIE THE POOH”
- Mary from Carmel, IN: “LASSIE COME HOME”
- Mike from Birmingham, : “SNOW WHITE”
- Mitch from Fair Oaks, CA: “I don't remember a specific title, but they all had to do with sports --- mainly, baseball.”
- Norma from Lawrence, MA: “THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD. He made me believe that I could do anything as long as I believed in myself."
- Paula from Pasadena, MD: “MORRIS'S DISAPPEARING BAG”
- Renee from Lutherville, MD: “My favorite book was GREEN EGGS AND HAM”
- Salim from Loganville, GA: “Tinkle”
- Sally from El Cajon, CA: “TREASURE ISLAND”
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